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significance of temple architecture

...spire, while the Śiva temple at Kerākoṭ has a
śekharī spire and also a
gūḍhamaṇḍapa. The great Sun Temple at
Modhera, datable to the early years of the 11th century, represents a fully developed Gujarāt style of great magnificence. The temple consists of a sanctum (now in ruins), a...